Random Rename Of Files

Is there a way to randomly rename a folder full of images?
I have about 300 in a folder that I would like to jumble up then create a web photo gallery from them.
But I do not want them in file name order, just random.
Thanks
Mathias

Probably could do with a script, but I know nothing of them.

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I was trying to figure out how to get my edited images from iPhoto on my iPad onto Lightroom on my Mac.
So I Shared a couple of the edited images to Camera Roll.
Now when I connect my iPad to my Mac and look at them in the import dialogue in Lightroom, it appears that the save process has randomly renamed the files. What was originally img_0127.cr2 has now become img_0169.jpg - but there is another different image right next to it that is also called img_0169.jpg. If I make further changes and save them, the file is renamed yet again and is now img_0172.jpg. The original raw file is still there with its original name, but I suspect that the metadata has been changed as Lightroom thinks it is a new file even though I have already downloaded it from the CF card.
Would it not be more logical to name the saved jpg files as img_0127-1.jpg, img_0127-2.jpg etc ?

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So I Shared a couple of the edited images to Camera Roll.
Now when I connect my iPad to my Mac and look at them in the import dialogue in Lightroom, it appears that the save process has randomly renamed the files. What was originally img_0127.cr2 has now become img_0169.jpg - but there is another different image right next to it that is also called img_0169.jpg. If I make further changes and save them, the file is renamed yet again and is now img_0172.jpg. The original raw file is still there with its original name, but I suspect that the metadata has been changed as Lightroom thinks it is a new file even though I have already downloaded it from the CF card.
Would it not be more logical to name the saved jpg files as img_0127-1.jpg, img_0127-2.jpg etc ?

Incorrect importing of photos in AP3.0.1?? Randomly renamed files? Dates?

Gday..
Been reading these threads so apologies in advance if this is covered elsewhere.. I like others upgraded from AP3.0.0 to AP3.0.1.. and initially things went well: processing sped up, Swap memory stays a manageable 1~2GB (or less). Couple of problems I am wondering if anyone else has or has found a work out for;
a) I've just imported 251 Nikon D300S RAW photos into AP3.0.1 and I go to edit them... and I get a message when I click on Inspector saying "This photo has been adjusted using a previous version of Aperture".. which is curious because I literally just finished shooting for the day. And its a new SDHC card. All I did was put the card into my SDHC Card Reader (like my other 82GB of shots) which is set to open directly into AP3.0.1... The whole "import" process seems flawed??
b) Anyone else have files that have been randomly renamed? I've got a bunch (like around 1000) that have become incomprehensible random letters? As opposed to DSC_0000 or something like that
c) Dates: You can sort your imports by date. I figure today's should be first? No. I had to go digging through 4 years of photos for today's imports.. They were literally all over the place. And my camera is CORRECTLY set up re dates etc (I just triple checked)
d) Anyone else having their Vault folder appearing suddenly under "Projects and Albums"?. Never happened under AP2..

Gday..
Been reading these threads so apologies in advance if this is covered elsewhere.. I like others upgraded from AP3.0.0 to AP3.0.1.. and initially things went well: processing sped up, Swap memory stays a manageable 1~2GB (or less). Couple of problems I am wondering if anyone else has or has found a work out for;
a) I've just imported 251 Nikon D300S RAW photos into AP3.0.1 and I go to edit them... and I get a message when I click on Inspector saying "This photo has been adjusted using a previous version of Aperture".. which is curious because I literally just finished shooting for the day. And its a new SDHC card. All I did was put the card into my SDHC Card Reader (like my other 82GB of shots) which is set to open directly into AP3.0.1... The whole "import" process seems flawed??
b) Anyone else have files that have been randomly renamed? I've got a bunch (like around 1000) that have become incomprehensible random letters? As opposed to DSC_0000 or something like that
c) Dates: You can sort your imports by date. I figure today's should be first? No. I had to go digging through 4 years of photos for today's imports.. They were literally all over the place. And my camera is CORRECTLY set up re dates etc (I just triple checked)
d) Anyone else having their Vault folder appearing suddenly under "Projects and Albums"?. Never happened under AP2..

Renaming multiple files using automator.

hello. i am renaming multiple files using automator. now when i import the images they are in sequential order like dscn001, dscn002 etc... i want to rename it to 001 my pic, 002 my pic, etc...
i am choosing the sequential renaming option. after importing the pics to automator i see to it that i sort them by name so that the new names i provide are in the order of the actual file names ie. 001mypic = dscn001, 002mypic = dscn002, etc..
however, it seems that inspite of sorting then my name they are being renamed randomly. what should i do. this is distrubing the cronological order of the pics.
thanks in advance
Neerav

Well, whenever I rename in sequential order (presorted or otherwise), that is exactly what happens, so I am not sure what is causing your particular problem. If you look at the results of sorting before the rename, you should see that the items are renamed in that order - although the way that they are sorted after the rename may be different. You can easily see this sorting by just adding a prefix/suffix and looking at the differences in how the lists are sorted (sorting by name (numerically) may give you different results). Check out this Apple document to see if this is what is happening.

HT3775 I have a bunch of .MOD files I cannot play from our Canon video cam. I tried renaming the files as MPEG or MOV, I get the message "The document "001.MPEG" could not be opened. A required codec isn't available." Any advice on getting these to play?

I have a slew of .MOD files I cannot play from our Canon video cam. I tried renaming the files as MPEG or MOV, I get the message "The document “001.MPEG” could not be opened. A required codec isn't available." Any advice on getting these to play? Thanks!

Try installing Perian or VLC. Some AVIs require a codec which simply isn't available for Mac OS X.
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I want to remove what Skype identifies as "Tell you friends what you are feeling . . . ." One person on the Skype community said I could rename a file, but he thought I was on a PC. I am using OS10.7.4, and Skype is functioning OK.

One person on the Skype community suggested:
Re: disable mood history
17-09-2011 02:04
Actually it is possible to delete your own mood message updates but it requires an unsupported ”fix”.
You need to delete the keyval.db database file. In order to be on the safe side, it’s best just to rename this file, so you can always get it back if something went wrong.
You can find this file by entering %appdata%\skype in the Start Run/Search box. This will open the Skype User folder. Locate there the folder with your Skype Account name and the keyval.db file will be there. You must stop Skype from running on your computer before deleting/renaming this file. Next time you start Skype a new version of this file will be recreated and all mood message updates will be removed from the home page.
However, this guy didn't know I was on a Mac. I phoned Apple to see if they could show me how to get into the Skype file apparently on my computer, and they couldn't find it.
Anyone out there have any ideas? It doesn't seem as if I have any Skype files on my computer. If I need to make file changes via "the terminal," can someone tell me how to do this?
Gretchen

Hello,
I had the same problem with finding this file.
There's no such file in Mac OS X version of Skype. But there's a directory for your Skype user account in /Users/%current_user_name%/Library/Application Support/Skype/
try:
quitting Skype
renaming old folder
signing into the Skype

How do i rename multiple files at the same time on a MAC?

I have been a mac user since 4 years now yet i cannot figure out how to rename multiple files in mac. In Pc i used to slect all and rename one e:g "ab.jpg" and the restwould be "ab (1).jpg" automatically. but in the mac its way too hard to do this on the automator. ..
please advise asap!
~haniah

You can do it with Automator.
http://www.automator.us/examples-01.html
Or with a utilities like these:
http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderRename/
http://renamer4mac.com/
You can also do it using the Terminal command line.
Matt

How do I import old FCP projects that have mysteriously changed to Linux Executable files? Is it as simple as renaming the files with the.fcp extension?

I had some FCP projects on an old G3 tower that I finally want to finish. I was able to grab everything, media, etc. to my macbook pro but all of the Final Cut Pro actual movies/projects have turned into "linux executable files" that FCP X won't import.
I tried googling this issue but didn't really see any good answers. Would it be as simple as renaming the files with the .fcp extension? I can't recall if my old version (really old) of FCP saves projects as .mov or .fcp files, but I'm assuming I'm not the only person this has happened to.
Thanks for your help!

I had some FCP projects on an old G3 tower that I finally want to finish.
What version of FCP was this? The project files can probably no longer be opened in the newer version of the OS. You could try adding the .fcp suffix, but I don't think it will help for this. Projects files are .fcp.
Regardless of the version, no legacy FCP projects will import into FCPX.
Media is a different matter. These are probably QuickTime .mov files. If these are appearing as Unix ececutables, they're probably not recoverable either.

Can you somehow use Lightroom to rename RAW files?

Okay let's say in one folder on my hard drive I have three RAW files: _DSC0001.NEF and _DSC0002.NEF and _DSC0003.NEF. Now let's say I have reformatted my memory card so my camera will once again start labeling new images with _DSC0001.NEF.
So let's say now I go out and shoot three more RAW files: _DSC0001.NEF and _DSC0002.NEF and _DSC0003.NEF.
If I try to transfer these brand new images into my original folder there will be some duplicate naming which you can't do.
What I have been doing is going into the new folder that holds the new three images and renaming them: so I change _DSC0001.NEF to _DSC0004.NEF and I change _DSC0002.NEF to _DSC0005.NEF and I change _DSC0003.NEF to _DSC_0006.NEF.
Instead of me having to manually rename each photo I was wondering if I could import these new photos into Lightroom and then tell Lightroom to export these RAW images but starting at the sequence _DSC0004.NEF...and so forth.
I mean I can't have a folder that has this: _DSC0001.NEF and then _DSC0001.NEF.
I hope I have made myself clear.
Or am I doing this all wrong?
And I would want Lightroom to export the original, unedited RAW file. It's just that I would be using Lightroom to rename them to keep proper sequencing.

This is the Help page you should read: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Lightroom/3.0/Using/WSCF140965-2440-4b65-9F88-AA0283034B11.htm l
It can take a little getting used to but once you have you will find it quite easy.
By the way I rename my files with the date first (GW20110514-12345.xxx) which may be useful to you.

Can't rename a file using File.renameTo(...)

Hi,
I have a servlet, RenameFile, that receives audio file via HTTP Post and writes it to /tmp/recording.0002002B-0C0022BB-0001.1.20050622.073208.wav. Then it creates directories under /alert_messages directory based on the timing parameters that it get. Finally, it renames /tmp/recording.0002002B-0C0022BB-0001.1.20050622.073208.wav to /alert_messages/2005/06/22/22/00/79_0_200506222200_001.WAV. RenameFile runs fine when it runs by itself (ONLY one Tomcat, jakarta-tomcat-4.1.30, is running). However, RenameFile fails to rename the /tmp/recording.0002002B-0C0022BB-0001.1.20050622.073208.wav to /alert_messages/2005/06/22/22/00/79_0_200506222200_001.WAV when it runs in a Linux box that jboss-3.2.1_tomcat-4.1.24 is also running. In this box, TWO versions of Tomcat are running at the same time. I set the /alert_messages directory with �chmod �R 777� and run jakarta-tomcat-4.1.30 as tomcat user. RenameFile fails the rename operation. But, it creates the /alert_messages/2005/06/22/22/00/ directories.
It seem like RenameFile can create directory but can�t create file in the /alert_messages directory when both version of tomcats are running at the same time.
Can it be due to both the jakarta-tomcat-4.1.30 and the jboss-3.2.1_tomcat-4.1.24 versions are running at the same time in one Linux box?
Can this be Jboss prevented the operation?
I did not receive any io exception!!!
Any help in this issue is greatly appreciated.
Debug listing from the RenameFile;
- originalFilename: recording.0002002B-0C0022BB-0001.1.20050622.073208.wav
- file.toString(): /tmp/recording.0002002B-0C0022BB-0001.1.20050622.073208.wav
- file.getName(): recording.0002002B-0C0022BB-0001.1.20050622.073208.wav
- file.length(): 122986
- file /alert_messages/2005/06/22/22/00/79_0_200506222200_001.WAV
- file NOT renamed /alert_messages/2005/06/22/22/00/79_0_200506222200_001.WAV
File Listing in the /tmp directory create by RenameFile;
-rw-r--r-- 1 tomcat tomcat 122986 Jun 22 07:33 recording.0002002B-0C0022BB-0001.1.20050622.073208.wav
Directoy Listing in the / directory with �ls �la�;
drwxrwxrwx 3 tomcat tomcat 4096 Jun 22 07:28 alert_messages
Directory created by the RenameFile with �ls -la /alert_messages/2005/06/22/22/00�;
drwxr-xr-x 2 tomcat tomcat 4096 Jun 22 07:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 tomcat tomcat 4096 Jun 22 07:33 ..
Out put from catalina.out;
!!!!! Can Read the old File !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!! Can Write the old File !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!! Can Not Read the new File !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!! Can Not Write the new File !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!! renameTo return false !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Code That rename a file:
public synchronized String renameAlertMessageFile(String oldFileName,
                            String newFileName)
            throws SecurityException, NullPointerException
    File oldFile = null;
    File newFile = null;
    String result = null;
    StringBuffer myNewFileName = null;
    boolean renamed = false;
    try {
      int indexStringValue;
      int newFileLength;
      int indexOfPeriod;
      int indexOfLastUnderScore;
      int lengthOfExtension;
      boolean Contin = true;
      String sNumber = null;
      String indexString = null;
      myNewFileName = new StringBuffer(newFileName);
      oldFile = new File(oldFileName);
      newFile = new File(myNewFileName.toString());
      if (oldFile.canRead() == false) {
        System.out.println(" !!!!! Can Not Read the old File !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
      } else {
        System.out.println(" !!!!! Can Read the old File !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
      if (oldFile.canWrite() == false) {
        System.out.println(" !!!!! Can Not Write the old File !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
      } else {
        System.out.println(" !!!!! Can Write the old File !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
      if (newFile.canRead() == false) {
        System.out.println(" !!!!! Can Not Read the new File !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
      } else {
        System.out.println(" !!!!! Can Read the new File !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
      if (newFile.canWrite() == false) {
        System.out.println(" !!!!! Can Not Write the new File !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
      } else {
        System.out.println(" !!!!! Can Write the new File !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
      renamed = oldFile.renameTo(newFile);
      if (renamed == false) {
        System.out.println(" !!!!! renameTo return false !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!");
    } catch (NullPointerException ex) {
      // Throw the same exception so that the caller may catch the
      //   exception and log the error
      System.out.println("NullPointerException For The New Dest File Name");
      ex.printStackTrace();
      throw ex;
    } catch (SecurityException seEx) {
      System.out.println("SecurityException For The New Dest File Name");
      seEx.printStackTrace();
      // Throw the same exception so that the caller may catch the
      //   exception and log the error
      throw seEx;
    } finally {
      if (renamed == true)
        return myNewFileName.toString();
      else
        return null;
} // End renameAlertMessageFile

Hi,
Thank you for replying to my message. The servlet has been running for me for the last 12 months. However, it was running by itself without the Jboss-tomcat running on the same box. Can this be the catalina.policy file in the jboss-tomcat version restricted the rename operation. We are not allowed to write file under the umbrella of J2EE. But the servlet did not run within Jboss-tomcat. This really gets me thinking that something is not working correctly. Perhaps tomcat did not has the permission to write on the /alert_messages directory, again it did created the subdirectories under the /alert_messages.
Any idea of what is going on?

Kde 4.6.1, 4.6.2 widget-folderview, rename a file gives an error.

I already submitted the issue on bugs.kde.org:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=270414
Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.6.2)
OS: Linux
When i rename a file using folderview, the file is renamed, but an error is
triggered.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
-place a folderview widget on the desktop
-rename a file from 'oldname' to 'newname'
Actual Results:
- see the error message: "The file or folder oldname does not exist."
- see that the file has been renamed to 'newname'
Expected Results:
Don't throw an unuseful error message, it is clear that 'oldname' does not
exists anymore.
...but it seems that at least someone can't reproduce it on kubuntu packages
------- Comment #1 From Nikos Papas 2011-04-09 18:22:21 -------
I cannot reproduce the error. Using KDE 4.6.2, 64bit, Kubuntu packages.
Can somebody try to reproduce under arch please?
Thank you very much!
Last edited by kokoko3k (2011-04-11 10:59:19)

I can reproduce this error.
I tried renaming a file in the folder view, and renaming a file in a sub-folder off of the folder view.
In all cases, I got the "does not exist" error, and the re-named file.
Arch: 64-bit
KDE: 4.6.2

I tried to rename a file, it gave me an error message (can't remember the number - 43??) and then the file disappeared from the original folder. When I do a search, the file comes up under the new name, but it does not show a path, and even though preview

I tried to rename a file, it gave me an error message (can't remember the number - 43??) and then the file disappeared from the original folder. When I do a search, the file comes up under the new name, but it does not show a path, and even though preview shows the contents, I can't open the document (Powerpoint) and I can't move the document. I tried "Copy" and paste but it doesn't work. I tried "Share" with Airdrop and iChat, but the file is inaccessible. When i try to rename the file, it says the filename is too long.
When I try to open it, it says the alias is not good, and asks if I want to fix the alias. I'm afraid to do that and lose all access to this document.
Right now, it feels like a ghost document - it is on the computer intact, but it is in an undisclosed location and inaccessible.
Please help!!

I was able to resolve this by repairing permissions, even though no permissions error was listed specifically for that file.
I could also have recovered it through Time Machine, but I'm interested in knowing how not to have this happen again!
I was afraid of rebooting and possibly losing track even of the ghost.
I did not try EasyFind - I'll keep that in mind next time.
Thanks for all the comments.

Can't RENAME a file like Windows can?

Real easy. I just need to rename a file from this:
A2Capital.jpg
to this:
a2capital.jpg
I do this in Windows and of course every OS I have used since the 1990s at least. Why can't this be done in OS X 10.4.9?
I am on a network drive of a Windows Server, if that makes a difference. The error I always get is
The name a2capital with extension ".jpg" is already taken. Please choose a different name.
Oh, come on. This is an easy one, right?
It happens whether I click the filename or if I Show Info.
Mac Pro Quad 3.0 Mac OS X (10.4.9) I usually run Windows XP

OS X's filesystem, HFS+, is case-preserving, meaning
it stores the upper and lowercase characters of
file/folder names, however it's not case-sensitive
(unless you specify it as such when formatting the
disk in Disk Utility). In a case-preserving
filesystem, MyFile, mYfILE, myfile, and MYFILE all
reference the same file. There is no need to be rude
to Kappy, he was just trying to help. Here's some
reading if you want to learn more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFS_Plus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparisonof_filesystem
s#fn_35
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case-preserving
Note: HFSX in 10.3 added the ability to format a disk
as Case-Sensitive. If you didn't reformat your disk
when you got your Mac, it's Case-Preserving, not
Case-Sensitive.
I see what you mean by case sensitive. I think Macs and Windows are similar in this regard. All that means is that if I type in a command to run, or I type a filename to launch, the OS is forgiving if I say "BLaH.JpG" for a file that is really "blah.JPG" -- if it's on the hard drive like that already.
You bet. But in both Mac and Windows it seems, I can rename the file to whatever mixed case I want and get no errors.
I only have this problem on the network drive,
which like I said is a Windows 2003 Server share.
Because your question is in the context of renaming a
file on a remote Windows share, then all the talk of
whether HFS is case-sensitive or not doesn't matter.
I'm assuming the share you're connected to when
trying to do this rename is NTFS? Macs use Samba to
connect to Windows shares. I've never tried to do
what you're doing through a samba share. It could be
Samba, or it could be how you have your share set up.
It does look like a Samba idiosyncrasy. I have used Samba before in FreeBSD (a relative to Darwin/OS X) but I would have no idea if that was the case there.
Samba has traditionally had some oddities, bugs, and problems due to the nature of open-sourcing a Windows custom secret network system. But Macs do claim to be interoperable with other networks and systems. This can't be unusual. Lots of people need to connect to a Windows share.
Ha, to be honest, I don't think I would even try to setup a NFS share on the Windows server, and there aren't any UNIX servers at this location.
Who heads up the Samba stuff for Mac OS?

After renaming a file extention from .jpeg to .jpg I can no longer type ...

After renaming a file extention from .jpeg to .jpg I can no longer type in any of the finder related editable fields/boxes. I can still type in my open applications fields.
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The warning box does Not appear if I remove the period from a file and not again when i re-add the period to that same file.
After trying to make these types of edits to the name of any file, with any of the various extentions available for files in our digital world, I usually get an anomaly where myability to type in the Finder ceases to be a possibility.
I have found that I can Force Quit the Finder for a quick fix, but, I'm not sure that this Typing problem should have to be dealt with at all by this quick fix. Is this an issue with the Indexing in Spotlight, which seems to be giving many users problems?

I downloaded and tried EasyFind. It works but it took 30+ seconds to complete finding 3 files that are on One of my Five 25+ Gb partitions of my 130 Gb Seagate Cuda(Really 160 Gb, but my Sawtooth will only recognize 130) I figured that if I ever got a better box, I could reformat it to see the whole 160 Gb. So, as far as I can see, Spotlight's indexing scheme which finds the files instantly is probably preferable. Spot light allows you to rename your files from within it's app window. I've always thought that was pretty powerful. Could my doing so be causing me any issues? As i said it is the inability to Type in the Finder that seemed to be caused from changing file Extentions that were mis-written. Maybe it was a delayed reaction to my renaming files in the Spotlight app? I've done both on occasion.
As for these .DS_Store files. Apparently you can NOT stop them from being written to any folder that you touch/open/view during a days session. But, as a function of the OS, are the essential to have in their respective folders Forever? I've looked at the .DS_Store terminator app briefly and assume that getting rid of these files won't hurt the regular operation of my OS. They will just be re-written if I ever have to go back to any particular folder again. But, apparently, some have said that if the plan on burning a CD or DVD of their data, they delete the .DS_Store files first and then do the burn.
I'm thinking from your having suggested this tremination app that you suspect that my having all of these ,DS_Store files could be a situation where any of them could have become corrupted and terminating them regularly should be part of my regular maintenance.
Does that sound like I'm understanding what I can do?
TIA

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